WADOWICE, Poland – The late Pope John Paul II’s hometown in southern Poland is gearing up to fete its most- famous native son this weekend when the Vatican puts him on the path to sainthood. Wadowice, about 30 miles from Krakow, has enjoyed a boom in tourists over the past 15 years as it’s the […]

Today Rummage sale at Prides Corner Church, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 235 Pride St., Westbrook. Contact: 797-4636.   “Forgiveness: A Bold Choice for A Peaceful Heart,” a workshop with Robin Casarjian, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, Portland. Fee: $75. Registration required by calling The Chaplaincy Institute of Maine at 347-6740.   […]

Arriving home after church, I discovered the answering machine in the mudroom blinking. I casually pushed the “play” button as I cruised by to hang up my coat in the hall closet. Over my shoulder I heard these ominous words, “This is the Newington Police. Your father collapsed at home and was found unresponsive. We […]

They also call on the state of Massachusetts to cut a $100,000 grant that funds the website for teenagers.

Theologian John Baillie wrote in his book “And the Life Everlasting” that: “It is not really the shortness of life that saddens and offends us. It is its temporality — not that it ends so soon, but that it ends at all, and still more deeply the fact that, even while it lasts, it is […]

Today Used Book and Music Sale, 9 a.m. to noon, Unitarian Universalist Church, 15 Pleasant St., Brunswick. Contact: 729-1046. Helicopter Easter Egg Drop, moon bounce houses and prizes, sponsored by Next Level Church of Portland, noon to 4 p.m. Location to be announced upon registration. Tickets limited. To register online, go to www.2011eggdrop.com. “Awakening the […]

One of my hobbies is drawing cartoons. Once I drew a black and white toon of a Sunday school teacher sitting in her classroom surrounded by 10 or so youngsters. She holds a booklet marked “Missions” and on the wall behind her is a map of the world. I had a little girl in the […]

As Jews prepare to celebrate escape from bondage, many others hear the freedom call.